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Oh, I just get my LBS to mill them for me. I can investigate what setting they have it set to

So question on some of those: What is the "weighted average grain potential" ? Can you explain "End of mash SG after homogenizing all the wort in the mash" ? Is that essentially the SG of the wort pre boil but after sparge? "First runnings volume" is that amount of wort before sparge water...

I can't calculate that unfortunately as I only took my first SG reading after the mash and sparge, so whatever was going into the boil.

That's fair, haha! Sorry, that was a late night post :oops: Mash Eff was 68% on my last brew. Only done 2 so far

Hey everyone What grain thickness do you usually use on the brewzilla, I've been going with 4.5L\kg to avoid having to sparge as much. Also, I've been stirring almost constantly during the mash, with the pump on, is this okay or should i let it sit? Wondering if either of these is killing my...

Hmmm definitely either an old-school APA or a Summer Ale! I feel like my recipe could do either and the big differentiator would be the amount of hops, is that correct?

Tons of feedback, loving it, thank you guys so much! With all that's been said, I could just as easily swap from S04 to Imperial A01 House. Also, should I nix the Munich and replace it with something else, wondering if it'll make it too "bready." Lastly, with that hop schedule and amount, will...

Some solid feedback here! I'm definitely trying to make more of an American PA and not English. I didn't realize S-04 was for English beers, so I'll switch it to S-05. My LHBS only carries 5 different Fermentis dry yeasts and the Imperial Yeast lineup. The goal is to make sure it's crushable...

Hey everyone, I just recently got into homebrewing and I'm looking to brew a nice easy drinking pale ale for the hot summer months. Would love to get some feedback: 5 gallon batch 9.5lb 2 Row 0.75lb Crystal 20 0.75lb Munich 0.5oz Zeus @ 60m 0.75oz Cascade @ 20m 1oz Cashmere @ 0m Safale S-04...

I went with the 100g to 1L route. I thought 100g to 800ml would give me the 1.030-1.040 OG desired, my bad! I'll play it by ear, see how it looks tomorrow when I get home from work. I'll probably just put off brew day for Wednesday just to be sure! Next step is to build a cheap DIY stir plate...

Hello hello everyone, I am going to be making my first starter tonight, and I have a few questions. I snagged a 1L flask, and was told to add 100 grams of DME to 800ml of water, so I figured I'd go that route. My question is, if I pitch the yeast tonight at say 7pm, let it ferment over...

I'm curious to know how this worked out, I'm having the same problem. I brew 2 gallon batches which leaves me with lots of headspace. Preheating with 180 degree water and waiting for it to drop helps, but i still lose about 6-8 degrees over the hour, makes it a pain in the ass. My next step is...

I was planning on letting 3/4 of the carboys (I ferment in 2 1 gallon carboys) sit submerged with a few 2L frozen coke bottles around them in the rubbermaid. No?

So I bought a rubbermaid container and 6 2L bottles of pop; drained the pop, filled with water and froze them. I'm going to brew Monday or Tuesday night (had to push brew day back :( ). I'll let you guys know how it goes! I'd like to one day have a fridge and go about it like that, but that...

Wow you guys are awesome, I posted before going to bed and waking up to all these answers is fantastic, thanks! I think I'm going to give the water bath thing a try this weekend, just see how it goes. I want to keep researching this DIY swamp cooler a little more and then possibly build one...

Hello everyone So I moved to a new place at the beginning of september and I'm finally ready to brew my first batch in the new place. I placed a couple of glasses around the house in acceptable fermentation spots (where I can let the carboys sit and do their thing) and the lower temp I...

Yeah, i looked it over and 2 teaspoons for two gallons is definitely too much. Good call on adding to secondary if needed. As for the pumpkin, it would seem most people feel it isn't even necessary, that it doesn't contribute much flavor, so u was just going to go with the spices. Should I...

So I picked up some Club House Pumpkin Pie spice from SaveOn during the week, and it tastes damn good in coffee and in dessert, so I figured I could use it in a pumpkin beer. Im just wondering if anyone has used it before and what kind of results it produced. Im torn between using it, or...

Touche. Hopefully a bucket of water and a blanket will help keep things more regular

Yeah, the long term forceast for October looks like it will be averaging 14 (57) in the day and 7 (44) at night, might have to push it to November, which looks like it will average 7 (44) and 3 (37). I can probably ferment it the last two weeks of october, then let it lager all through...